ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM
IS PAID FOR BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS
OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
JOYCE: CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHIN'?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS YOU THINK ABOUT THE BIBLE, BUT I
CAN TELL YOU, YOU DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM THAT THE BIBLE
DOESN'T HAVE YOUR ANSWER FOR.
ALL WE REALLY NEED TO DO IS UNDERSTAND IT.
YOU KNOW, THE WORD OF GOD, IT'S ALWAYS SPIRITUAL,
BUT IT IS SO PRACTICAL.
I MEAN, IT COVERS EVERYTHING: HOW TO THINK, HOW TO TALK,
YOUR BEHAVIOR, I MEAN, ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING,
RELATIONSHIPS, AND ON AND ON AND ON.
[MUSIC]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: WELL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY
FOR THE PROGRAM WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR
THE WORD OF GOD.
AND I BELIEVE THAT GOD'S WORD HAS POWER IN IT
TO SET CAPTIVES FREE.
WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD OF GOD SPOKEN, IT'S NOT LIKE JUST
ORDINARY LANGUAGE COMING TO YOU FROM ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.
GOD'S WORD IS SPIRIT AND IT IS LIFE, AND IT ACTUALLY HAS POWER.
I CALL IT, LIKE, WHEN SOMEBODY'S SHARING THE WORD WITH YOU, IT'S
LIKE LITTLE PELLETS OF POWER ARE COMING INTO YOUR BRAIN.
AND SO, TODAY I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE MIND AND THOUGHTS
AND THE POWER THAT THEY HAVE IN OUR LIVES.
AND, YES, I TEACH A LOT ABOUT THE MIND.
I'VE WRITTEN SEVERAL BOOKS ON THE MIND.
BUT I JUST FELT IN MY HEART THAT IT WAS TIME
FOR A LITTLE REFRESHER COURSE.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW SOMETHING, IT CAN
KINDA SLIP INTO THE BACKGROUND, AND WE NEED TO MAYBE BE PROMPTED
TO BRING IT FORWARD AGAIN.
SO, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE HEARD LOTS OF TEACHING ON THE MIND,
HOW MANY OF YOU STILL WOULD SAY THAT YOU STILL HAVE
A LITTLE PROBLEM WITH YOUR MIND
FROM TIME TO TIME?
THIS IS ONE TEACHING THAT NEVER GETS OLD.
SO, 2 CORINTHIANS 10:4 AND 5: "FOR THE WEAPONS
OF OUR WARFARE," SO RIGHT AWAY WE FIND OUT WE'RE IN A WAR
AND THAT WE HAVE WEAPONS, "ARE NOT PHYSICAL [WEAPONS
OF FLESH AND BLOOD]."
OUR WEAPONS ARE NOT GUNS AND KNIVES AND BOMBS AND THINGS
LIKE THAT, BUT WE HAVE WEAPONS AGAINST SATAN, WHO IS OUR ENEMY,
BUT THEY ARE SPIRITUAL WEAPONS.
"AND THESE WEAPONS ARE MIGHTY BEFORE GOD FOR THE OVERTHROW
AND DESTRUCTION OF STRONGHOLDS."
NOW, A STRONGHOLD IS AN AREA WHERE THE ENEMY DIGS IN
AND HIDES HIMSELF, MAKES IT HARD
FOR YOU TO GET TO HIM.
WELL, SATAN DOES THAT IN OUR MINDS, AND HE'S HAD
A LONG TIME TO WORK AT IT.
HE'LL TELL PEOPLE LIES AND KINDA BURY HIMSELF IN THOSE LIES,
AND THEN WE END UP BELIEVING THINGS THAT, IN REALITY,
AREN'T TRUE.
BUT THE THING ABOUT IT IS, WHATEVER YOU BELIEVE BECOMES
YOUR REALITY.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU BELIEVE THAT IT'S TOO LATE FOR YOU
TO HAVE A GOOD LIFE, THEN THAT DISABLES YOU FROM EVEN TRYING
TO EVER HAVE A GOOD LIFE.
BUT YET, GOD'S WORD SAYS THAT IT'S NEVER TOO LATE
FOR A NEW BEGINNING.
SO WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR MINDS UP WHAT WE'RE GONNA BELIEVE.
ARE WE GONNA BELIEVE WHAT THE WORLD SAYS, WHAT PEOPLE SAY,
WHAT WE THINK, WHAT WE FEEL?
OR ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THAT DECISION THAT EVERY PERSON
HAS TO MAKE IF THEY WANNA LIVE IN VICTORY?
"I DON'T CARE HOW I FEEL OR WHAT I THINK OR WHAT OTHER PEOPLE
SAY, I AM GOING TO BELIEVE GOD'S WORD.
EVEN IF IT SEEMS TOTALLY RIDICULOUS, I AM GOING TO COME
TO GOD LIKE A LITTLE CHILD.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE A LITTLE CHILD, YOU CAN TELL 'EM
JUST ABOUT ANYTHING, AND THEY'LL BELIEVE YOU.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND SO, WE NEED TO COME TO GOD LIKE
LITTLE CHILDREN AND JUST BELIEVE HIS WORD AND HIS PROMISES,
EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT MAKE MUCH SENSE TO US.
NOW, WE'RE IN A WAR.
WE HAVE THESE WEAPONS.
THEY'RE NOT PHYSICAL WEAPONS, SO WHAT ARE THEY?
WELL, THE WORD OF GOD IS ACTUALLY A WEAPON.
IT'S CALLED, "THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT."
AND SO, WHEN WE SPEAK THE WORD, THE ENEMY HAS TO BACK DOWN.
IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH SCRIPTURE,
WHICH DOESN'T REALLY MATTER IF YOU ARE OR YOU AREN'T,
BUT THERE ARE SCRIPTURES IN LUKE CHAPTER 4 WHERE JESUS
WAS TAKEN OUT INTO THE WILDERNESS TO BE
TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL FOR 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS.
AND THERE ARE FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS IN THE FIRST FEW
VERSES WHERE SATAN SAID TO JESUS, THAT'S EXACTLY HOW IT
PUTS IT, "SATAN SAID TO JESUS," AND HE TOLD HIM A LIE.
"AND JESUS SAID TO THE DEVIL," AND HE QUOTED BACK THE WORD.
SO, THE ENEMY LIES TO US, AND WE HAVE A GREAT WEAPON, A GREAT
TOOL AVAILABLE TO US, AND THAT IS THE WORD OF GOD COMING OUT
OF OUR MOUTH.
NOW, IT DOESN'T EVEN SAY THAT THE DEVIL SAID TO JESUS,
AND JESUS THOUGHT.
IT SAYS THE DEVIL SAID SOMETHIN' TO HIM AND HE SAID
SOMETHIN' BACK.
NOW, MAYBE SOME OF YOU WOULD FEEL FUNNY ABOUT TALKIN'
OUT LOUD TO YOURSELF.
WELL, TO BE HONEST, YOU DO IT ALL THE TIME ANYWAY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: YOU MAY NOT REALIZE THAT YOU ARE, BUT YOU DO.
"WELL, THAT WAS STUPID."
"WELL, I'M DUMB."
"WELL, THIS IS NEVER GONNA WORK."
AND SO, WE DO TALK OUT LOUD TO OURSELVES, AND WE NEED
TO LEARN HOW TO SPEAK THE WORD OF GOD.
NOW, VERSE 5: "[INASMUCH AS WE]
REFUTE ARGUMENTS, THEORIES, REASONINGS AND EVERY PROUD
AND LOFTY THING THAT SETS ITSELF UP AGAINST THE [TRUE] KNOWLEDGE
OF GOD."
SO HE'S SAYIN', "WE USE THESE WEAPONS TO COME AGAINST
THE THEORIES AND THE REASONINGS AND THE ARGUMENTS
THAT COME INTO OUR MIND."
CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHIN'?
SATAN WILL ARGUE WITH YOU.
HE LIKES NOTHIN' BETTER THAN A GOOD MENTAL BATTLE,
AND JUST ARGUIN' WITH YOU, AND HE REALLY LOVES REASONING.
BOY, IF HE CAN GET YOU JUST TO TRY TO FIGURE STUFF OUT,
MAN, THERE GOES YOUR PEACE.
THERE GOES YOUR JOY.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
I RECALL ONE TIME, YEARS AGO, WHEN GOD PUT THIS IN MY HEART
BECAUSE I WAS A BIG, I MEAN, I WAS, LIKE, ADDICTED
TO REASONING, YOU KNOW?
I HAD TO FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING WAS IN A BOX SOMEWHERE.
I GOT IT ALL FIGURED OUT.
WE LIKE TO THINK WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING ALL FIGURED OUT
IN LIFE BECAUSE IT MAKES US FEEL SAFE.
YOU KNOW, HANGIN' OUT WITH GOD'S A LITTLE DANGEROUS
BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE'S GONNA DO
OR WHEN HE'S GONNA DO IT.
SO THAT'S WHY TRUSTING HIM IS SO IMPORTANT, BECAUSE WE
HAVE TO TRUST THAT BECAUSE HE'S GOOD AND BECAUSE HE LOVES US,
HE'LL DO THE RIGHT THING AT THE RIGHT TIME
IN THE RIGHT WAY.
AND SO, I WAS REALLY BIG ON REASONING, AND THE LORD
JUST PUT THIS IN MY HEART.
HE SAID--YOU KNOW THE LITTLE MAILBOX SLOTS THAT YOU HAVE
AT YOUR OFFICES SOMETIMES?
AND SO, IF THEY WANNA GET SOMETHIN' TO YOU, THEY'LL PUT
SOMETHIN' IN YOUR SLOT.
WELL, SOMETIMES, PEOPLE WILL GET, OR THEY WERE SUPPOSED
TO GET SOMETHIN' BUT DIDN'T GET IT BECAUSE IT WAS PUT
IN THE WRONG SLOT.
WELL, GOD SPOKE TO ME AND I KINDA HAD THIS MENTAL PICTURE
OF THOSE MAILBOX SLOTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, TODAY, THOSE ARE PROBABLY NOT AS PREVALENT
BECAUSE WE HAVE EMAIL AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT STUFF.
BUT THAT WAS THE SYSTEM WE USED TO WORK ON.
AND HE SAID, "YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING IN A NICE
LITTLE SLOT, SO THAT MAKES YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS, IS YOU GOT A LOT OF STUFF
IN THE WRONG SLOT."
AND SO, IT'S INTERESTING HOW, IF WE THINK WE'VE GOT IT FIGURED
OUT, THAT WE FEEL COMFORTABLE EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THE TIME
WHAT WE THINK WE'VE GOT FIGURED OUT WHAT GOD'S GONNA DO
REALLY ISN'T RIGHT AT ALL.
I'M SURE MOST OF YOU ARE FINDING THAT OUT, RIGHT?
AND SO, SATAN LOVES TO ARGUE WITH US.
HE LOVES TO FILL OUR MIND FULL OF REASONING.
"[INASMUCH AS WE] REFUTE ARGUMENTS, THEORIES, REASONINGS
AND EVERY PROUD AND LOFTY THING THAT SETS ITSELF UP AGAINST
THE [TRUE] KNOWLEDGE OF GOD."
SO, I'M EITHER GONNA BE LED BY MY HEAD OR I'M GONNA BE LED
BY MY SPIRIT.
"WE LEAD EVERY THOUGHT AND PURPOSE AWAY CAPTIVE
INTO THE OBEDIENCE OF JESUS CHRIST."
NOT SOME, EVERY.
THOUGHTS TURN INTO ACTIONS.
THOUGHTS TURN INTO WORDS, BEHAVIORS, ATTITUDES.
I WROTE A BOOK CALLED "THE MIND CONNECTION"
TO SHOW THAT OUR THOUGHTS ARE CONNECTED TO EVERYTHING ELSE
THAT WE DO IN LIFE.
SO, IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED A CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE, IT'S
NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL YOU CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS, AMEN?
AND SO, THEN A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK, "WELL, I CAN'T HELP
WHAT I THINK."
WELL, ACTUALLY, THAT'S NOT TRUE AT ALL.
THAT'S WHAT THE ENEMY WANTS US TO THINK.
HE WANTS US TO THINK THAT WE CAN'T HELP WHAT WE THINK.
BUT SEE, IF WE REALIZE THAT THE MIND IS
THE BATTLEFIELD, ANOTHER BOOK--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: THE MIND IS THE BATTLEFIELD AND THAT THAT'S
WHERE SATAN WAGES WAR WITH US, AND IF WE KNOW ENOUGH
OF THE WORD OF GOD TO BEGIN TO RECOGNIZE WHAT'S TRUE
AND WHAT ARE LIES.
SEE, IT'S KINDA LIKE YOU GOTTA TAKE THE TIME
TO UNDERSTAND THIS.
I MEAN, HOW MANY YEARS DID I BELIEVE THAT I HAD NO FUTURE
AND NO HOPE BECAUSE I'D BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED
BY MY FATHER FOR SO MANY YEARS?
I JUST THOUGHT I WAS A PIECE OF SECOND-RATE MERCHANDISE,
AND I ACTUALLY PLANNED THAT I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE
A SECOND-RATE LIFE, THAT I WOULD JUST HAVE TO BE SATISFIED
WITH A SECOND-RATE LIFE.
WELL, I HAD NOTHING TO COMPARE IT TO BECAUSE THAT WAS
ALL I KNEW.
I HAD YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS OF WRONG THINKING.
AND CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHIN'?
AND I DON'T MEAN TO BE INSULTING, BUT MANY OF YOU
WATCHING TODAY, YOU BELIEVE A LOT OF LIES.
YOU MAY BE EVEN BASING YOUR LIFE ON THOSE LIES.
AND THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE EVER GONNA KNOW WHAT'S TRUE AND WHAT
IS A LIE IS IF YOU BECOME A DILIGENT STUDENT
OF THE WORD OF GOD.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND THE WORD,
BUT THAT'S REALLY NOT TRUE.
YOU MIGHT NEED A TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE THAT'S
A LITTLE EASIER FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND.
YOU MIGHT NEED SOME HELP FROM A GOOD BIBLE TEACHER.
BUT GOD DID NOT LEAVE US INSTRUCTIONS FOR OUR LIFE
AND SAY, "OH, AND BY THE WAY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE
TO UNDERSTAND ANY OF 'EM.
SO JUST GET ONE OF THESE BOOKS, PUT IT ON A SHELF SOMEWHERE,
GO TO CHURCH ONCE A WEEK, AND EVERYTHING'LL BE OKAY.
SOMEDAY, IN THE SWEET BY AND BY, YOU'LL GET TO GO TO HEAVEN."
BUT THAT'S NOT THE LIFE THAT JESUS DIED FOR US TO HAVE.
HE WANTS US TO KNOW HIM IN THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION
THAT LIFTS US OUT FROM AMONG THE DEAD,
EVEN WHILE WE'RE IN THE BODY.
SO, PROVERBS 23:7 SAYS: "AS HE THINKS IN HIS HEART, SO IS HE."
SO, I SAY IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT WAY: "WHERE THE MIND GOES,
THE MAN FOLLOWS."
AND PROBABLY MOST OF US CAN RELATE TO THIS.
I CAN TELL YOU, IF YOU STOOD AROUND AND THINK ABOUT
A HOT FUDGE SUNDAE LONG ENOUGH--
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: IT'S AMAZING THE LENGTHS YOU'LL GO TO TO GO
GET ONE.
COME ON, HAS ANYBODY EVER GOTTEN DRESSED AT NIGHT WHEN YOU WERE
ALREADY SETTLED DOWN AND WENT TO THE STORE TO GET SOMETHING
THAT YOU HAD YOUR MIND ON EATING RATHER--YEAH, SEE,
WHETHER IT'S POTATO CHIPS--?
WELL, I DON'T GO, BUT I'VE TALKED DAVE INTO GOING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND WOMAN POWER, I LOVE IT.
AND SO, IT'S TRUE THAT WHATEVER WE PUT OUR MIND ON WILL TURN
INTO ACTION.
NOW, IF YOU WANT TO DO THE WORD--A LOT OF PEOPLE STUDY
THE WORD, BUT THEN THEY HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING IT
INTO THEIR BEHAVIOR.
I WAS ACTUALLY JUST TALKIN' WITH SOMEBODY ABOUT THAT
THIS MORNING.
YOU KNOW, "I BELIEVE THIS STUFF.
I WANNA CHANGE.
I PRAY ABOUT CHANGING, BUT I KEEP DOING THE SAME DUMB STUFF
OVER AND OVER.
WHAT'S MY ANSWER?" WELL, IT'S REALLY FOUND
IN A COUPLE OF THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, SPENDING TIME WITH GOD BECAUSE YOU
CAN'T CHANGE JUST BY TRYING.
BUT ALSO, MEDITATING ON THE WORD OF GOD.
AND "MEDITATE" MEANS "TO THINK ABOUT OVER AND OVER,"
OR EVEN, "TO MUTTER QUIETLY UNDER YOUR BREATH."
AND SO, DAVID SAID HE MEDITATED ON THE WORD OF GOD DAY
AND NIGHT.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S NOT JUST GOOD ENOUGH
JUST TO GO TO CHURCH AND HEAR SOMEBODY PREACH THE WORD.
YOU HAVE TO GET SO FULL OF THE WORD THAT THINKIN' ABOUT
THE WORD AND MEDITATING ON THE WORD AND SPEAKING
THE WORD BECOMES JUST SUCH A PART OF YOU
THAT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SEPARATE IT.
JOSHUA 1:8, JOSHUA IS FACING SOMETHING HUGE.
HE HAD BEEN GIVEN THE JOB OF REPLACING MOSES.
WHO WOULD WANT THAT JOB?
AND NOW IT WAS UP TO HIM TO LEAD THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
INTO THE PROMISED LAND.
THEY'RE GETTING READY TO GO FORWARD, AND THIS IS WHAT GOD
SAYS TO HIM: "'THIS BOOK OF THE LAW SHALL NOT DEPART
OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, BUT YOU SHALL MEDITATE ON IT DAY
AND NIGHT, THAT YOU MAY OBSERVE AND DO ACCORDING TO ALL
THAT'S WRITTEN THEREIN.'"
SO, HOW ARE WE GONNA DO IT?
AFTER WE'VE MEDITATED ON IT LONG ENOUGH THAT IT BECOMES
REVELATION TO US.
YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO A LOT OF TIMES?
WE TRY TO SURVIVE ON INFORMATION.
AND BOY, THERE IS SO--WE LIVE IN THE INFORMATION AGE.
I MEAN, THERE IS SO MUCH COMING AT US THAT WE RARELY EVER STICK
WITH ONE THING LONG ENOUGH TO EVER GET A VICTORY
IN THAT ONE THING.
AND SO, I THINK THAT WE CAN TAKE INFORMATION, WHICH IS GREAT,
AND IF WE MEDITATE ON IT AND WE STUDY IT AND WE PRAY ABOUT IT,
THE MORE WE MARINATE OVER IT, THE MORE IT GETS DOWN
INTO OUR SPIRIT AND BECOMES PART OF US, TO WHERE THEN YOU'RE
NOT JUST REACTING TO OUTWARD STIMULUS, BUT YOU'RE ACTUALLY
ACTING ON THE WORD OF GOD BECAUSE IT HAS BECOME GREATER
IN YOUR LIFE THAN THE THINGS COMING AGAINST YOU.
"MEDITATE ON IT DAY AND NIGHT, THAT YOU MAY DO ACCORDING TO ALL
THAT'S WRITTEN IN IT.
FOR THEN," THEN WHEN?
THEN AFTER YOU'VE MEDITATED ON IT.
"THEN YOU WILL MAKE YOUR WAY PROSPEROUS, YOU WILL DEAL WISELY
AND YOU WILL HAVE GOOD SUCCESS," AMEN?
NOW, ROMANS 12:2, ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL, AMAZING SCRIPTURE:
"DO NOT BE CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD (THIS AGE),
[FASHIONED AFTER AND ADAPTED TO ITS EXTERNAL, SUPERFICIAL
CUSTOMS], BUT BE TRANSFORMED (ENTIRELY CHANGED)
BY THE RENEWAL OF YOUR MIND."
SO WE CAN BE TOTALLY CHANGED FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
ANY CHANGE THAT TRIES TO TAKE PLACE
FROM THE OUTSIDE IN NEVER WORKS.
THAT'S WHY BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION ALONE NEVER WORKS,
AS FAR AS BRINGING A BELIEVER INTO VICTORY.
YOU GOTTA HAVE A HEART CHANGE.
THERE'S GOTTA BE A NATURE CHANGE.
AND SO, WHEN WE'RE BORN AGAIN, GOD DOES GIVE US HIS NATURE.
WE GET A NEW HEART AND WE GET HIS SPIRIT.
"IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATURE."
BUT IF--THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO SAY IT, THIS IS THE WAY I
UNDERSTAND IT AND THE WAY THAT I TEACH IT, IS THAT EVERYTHING
THAT GOD GIVES US, I BELIEVE THAT IT COMES IN A SEED FORM.
WE HAVE A SEED OF EVERYTHING THAT GOD IS IN THE WOMB
OF OUR SPIRIT.
BUT JUST LIKE WHEN A WOMAN BECOMES PREGNANT
WITH HER HUSBAND'S SEED, SHE HAS TO TAKE CARE OF THAT SEED.
SHE HAS TO NURTURE IT.
THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT SHE CAN'T DO, SOME THINGS SHE NEEDS
TO DO.
AND THEN, OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, IT GROWS INTO A CHILD
THAT SHE GIVES BIRTH TO.
WELL, I BELIEVE THAT THE WORD OF GOD IS
THE SEED THAT THE SOWER SOWS, AND THAT WORD OF GOD REALLY
IS--IT TOUCHES EVERY AREA OF OUR LIFE.
CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHIN'?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS YOU THINK ABOUT THE BIBLE, BUT I
CAN TELL YOU, YOU DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM THAT THE BIBLE
DOESN'T HAVE YOUR ANSWER FOR.
ALL WE REALLY NEED TO DO IS UNDERSTAND IT.
YOU KNOW, THE WORD OF GOD, IT'S ALWAYS SPIRITUAL,
BUT IT IS SO PRACTICAL.
I MEAN, IT COVERS EVERYTHING: HOW TO THINK, HOW TO TALK,
YOUR BEHAVIOR, I MEAN, ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING,
RELATIONSHIPS, AND ON AND ON AND ON.
SO, HE SAYS, "DON'T BE CONFORMED TO THE WORLD, DON'T TRY TO BE
LIKE THE WORLD SAYS YOU OUGHTTA BE, BUT BE TRANSFORMED
BY THE ENTIRE RENEWAL OF YOUR MIND."
I CAN JUST TELL YOU ONE THING THAT IF YOU JUST TOOK
THIS ONE THING AND YOU MEDITATED ON IT FOR A LONG TIME, THAT CAN
BE LIFE CHANGING, AND THAT IS: "GOD LOVES ME, AND HE LOVES ME
JUST THE WAY I AM."
AND THAT'S SO HARD FOR US TO BELIEVE.
WE THINK, "WELL, MAYBE HE'LL LOVE US WHEN I CAN CHANGE
AND BE BETTER."
BUT THE TRUTH IS, IS, "JESUS DIED FOR US WHILE WE
WERE STILL YET SINNERS."
SO, HOW MUCH MORE NOW, SURELY, WILL HE LOVE AND CARE FOR US
IF BEFORE WE EVER CARED ABOUT HIM AT ALL, HE DIED FOR US?
AND I LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE THIS, AND I GET SOME REALLY FUNNY
LOOKS WHEN I SAY IT.
BUT DO YOU KNOW, GOD WILL NEVER LOVE YOU ANY MORE THAN HE DOES
AT THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW?
MMM, YOU'RE RESPONDING ABOUT THE WAY MOST PEOPLE DO.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: AND YOU GUYS KNOW QUITE A BIT ABOUT THE WORD.
JUST IMAGINE IF I'M TRYIN' TO TELL THAT TO SOMEBODY WHO HAS
MAYBE JUST BEEN BORN AGAIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
'CAUSE WE THINK, "WELL, WHEN I BEHAVE BETTER,
GOD'S GONNA LOVE ME MORE."
BUT THE TRUTH IS, IS LOVE IS NOT SOMETHING GOD DOES.
IT'S WHO HE IS.
SO HE JUST LOVES YOU, AND I'M SORRY, BUT YOU'RE JUST GONNA
HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT BY FAITH, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE LIKE ME,
YOU MIGHT NOT BE VERY LOVABLE, GOD LOVES YOU ANYWAY.
AND THE THINGS THAT YOU LEARN TO DO RIGHT, GOD DOESN'T LOVE
YOU ANY MORE NOW BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING MORE RIGHT.
WE DON'T TRY TO HAVE RIGHT BEHAVIOR
IN ORDER TO GET GOD TO LOVE US.
THE MORE WE KNOW HOW MUCH HE LOVES US, THE MORE WE FALL
IN LOVE WITH HIM, THE MORE OUT OF THAT NEW LIFE WE WANT
TO DO TO PLEASE GOD.
BUT NOT BECAUSE WE THINK WE HAVE TO, BUT WE ARE SO AMAZED AT WHAT
HE'S DONE FOR US THAT WE WANNA LIVE OUR WHOLE LIVES LOVING HIM
AND PLEASING HIM.
"DON'T BE CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD, BUT BE
TRANSFORMED BY THE [ENTIRE]
RENEWAL OF YOUR MIND," AND HERE IT COMES, "SO THAT YOU
MAY PROVE [FOR YOURSELVES]
WHAT IS THE GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE AND PERFECT WILL OF GOD."
SO GOD HAS A PERFECT WILL FOR US, AND WE HEAR ABOUT IT.
WE HEAR MESSAGES ABOUT IT.
"GOD WANTS YOU TO BE HAPPY.
HE WANTS YOU TO BE PEACEFUL.
HE WANTS YOU TO HAVE A GOOD LIFE.
HE WANTS YOU TO MEET YOUR NEED."
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A GREAT GULF, MANY TIMES,
BETWEEN WHAT WE HEAR AND THEN WHAT WE ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE
IN OUR LIVES.
AND SO, THE WAY THAT I'VE COME TO UNDERSTAND IT IS, EVERYTHING,
EVERY PROMISE IN HERE IS MINE.
BUT IT'S KIND OF LIKE, IF THIS IS A GOOD WAY FOR YOU
TO UNDERSTAND IT, IT'S LIKE THIS IS WHAT I HAVE
LEGALLY.
JESUS BOUGHT THIS FOR ME WITH HIS BLOOD AND IT'S MINE.
BUT I MAY NOT HAVE IT YET FULLY IN MY EXPERIENCE.
BUT EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT EXPERIENCING ALL OF IT YET,
IT'S STILL MINE.
AND THE ONLY WAY I EVER WILL EXPERIENCE ALL OF IT IS
BY CONTINUING TO BELIEVE IT IS MINE.
IRREGARDLESS OF HOW I ACT, I AM A NEW CREATURE.
GOD'S SEED IS IN ME.
I WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
AND I MAY NOT BE WHERE I NEED TO BE YET, BUT I'M PRESSING
ON EVERY DAY, AND EVERY DAY, I GET BETTER AND BETTER
IN EVERY WAY.
BUT GOD LOVES ME JUST AS MUCH RIGHT NOW AS HE WOULD IF I COULD
MANIFEST 100% PERFECT BEHAVIOR.
YOU KNOW, IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY MONEY THAT YOU THINK MIGHT
BE LEFT OVER WHEN YOU DIE, YOU'VE LEFT IT TO YOUR CHILDREN,
IN ALL PROBABILITY.
I KNOW I HAVE.
WELL, LEGALLY, ON PAPER, THEY'VE
GOT MY MONEY, BUT THEY'RE NOT EXPERIENCING IT JUST YET.
AND SO, IT'S THE SAME WAY IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
IT'S OURS, IT'S A SIGNED DEAL.
IT'S SIGNED AND SEALED IN THE BLOOD OF JESUS.
AND NOW, IF ONE OF MY CHILDREN JUST BLEW ME OFF, DIDN'T STAY
IN RELATIONSHIP WITH ME, DIDN'T CARE ABOUT ME, THEN THERE
MIGHT BE A LITTLE PROBLEM THERE.
BUT AS LONG AS YOU CONTINUE TO LOVE GOD AND TO WANT HIS WILL
IN YOUR LIFE.
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?
"ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD," NOT TO THOSE WHO HAVE
PERFECT BEHAVIOR, BUT, "TO THOSE WHO LOVE HIM AND WALK
ACCORDING TO HIS WILL."
WHEN YOU LOVE GOD AND YOU WANT HIS WILL, YOU LOVE HIM AND YOU
WANT HIS WILL, YOU LOVE HIM AND YOU WANT HIS WILL, THERE IS
NOTHING IN YOUR LIFE THAT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU THAT GOD CANNOT
TAKE AND WORK OUT FOR YOUR GOOD.
AND IT'S UP TO US TO BELIEVE THAT.
AND BOY, THERE'S JUST SO MANY GREAT THINGS.
I THINK I'VE GOT TIME FOR MAYBE ONE MORE.
EPHESIANS 4:22 THROUGH 24, NOW, IF IT'S 22 THROUGH 24, THAT
MEANS 23 IS IN THERE SOMEWHERE.
BUT I'M GONNA START BY READING YOU VERSE 22 AND VERSE 24,
AND THEN I'LL TELL YA WHAT'S
IN THE MIDDLE: "STRIP YOURSELVES OF YOUR FORMER NATURE
[PUT OFF AND DISCARD YOUR OLD UNRENEWED SELF]
WHICH CHARACTERIZED YOUR PREVIOUS MANNER OF LIFE
AND BECOMES CORRUPT THROUGH LUSTS AND DESIRES
THAT SPRING FROM DELUSION."
SO, BASICALLY, HE'S SAYIN', "STOP ACTIN' THE WAY YOU
USED TO ACT BEFORE YOU HAD JESUS IN YOUR LIFE.
AND VERSE 24, REMEMBERING, WE'RE SKIPPIN' 23 FOR RIGHT NOW:
"AND PUT ON THE NEW NATURE."
STOP ACTIN' THE WAY YOU USED TO AND START BEHAVING
THE WAY GOD WANTS YOU TO BEHAVE.
YOU'VE GOT A NEW NATURE.
YOU'RE NOT THAT OLD MAN.
YOU'RE A NEW PERSON.
"WELL, I WANT TO.
I'VE TRIED, AND NO MATTER WHAT I DO, I KEEP FAILING."
WELL, MAYBE YOU'VE MISSED VERSE 23.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: "AND BE CONSTANTLY RENEWED IN THE SPIRIT
OF YOUR MIND [HAVING A FRESH MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL ATTITUDE]."
SO THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN GET FROM 22 TO 24 IS TO CONSTANTLY
KEEP HAVING A RENEWED ATTITUDE, LEARNING MORE AND MORE ABOUT
THE WORD OF GOD, LEARNING MORE AND MORE ABOUT THE PROMISES
OF GOD.
YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY, WHAT YOU'RE DOING WHEN YOU MEDITATE
ON THE WORD OF GOD OR YOU THINK ABOUT IT A LOT, OR YOU FILL
YOUR PRAYERS FULL OF IT, REALLY, TO BE HONEST, WHAT YOU'RE DOING
IS YOU'RE GETTING YOURSELF CONVINCED THAT IT'S TRUE.
IT IS, BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE CAN SAY,
"WELL, I TRUST GOD."
BUT THERE'S A REAL CLEAR TEST ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU
TRUST GOD.
I MEAN, HEBREWS 4 SAYS: "THOSE WHO HAVE BELIEVED
DO ENTER THE REST OF GOD."
IF I SAY THAT I'M TRUSTING GOD, BUT I'M WORRIED,
THEN I'M NOT TRUSTING GOD.
AND SEE, WE'RE NEVER GONNA GET WHERE WE NEED TO BE IF WE
DON'T START BEING HONEST WITH OURSELVES
ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO, DO I REALLY BELIEVE THAT GOD LOVES ME UNCONDITIONALLY?
IF I DON'T, THEN I BETTER LOOK UP ABOUT 20 SCRIPTURES
ON THE LOVE OF GOD, AND I NEED TO MEDITATE ON THOSE
AND MEDITATE ON THOSE AND TALK ABOUT THOSE.
SOMETHIN' I LIKE TO DO IS WRITE SCRIPTURES OUT IN LONGHAND.
EVEN THOUGH YOU GOT A COMPUTER, I'M STILL BIG ON WRITIN' STUFF
ON PAPER.
MAYBE IT'S JUST MY AGE, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT HELPS GET
IT IN ME WHEN I DO THAT.
AND SO, BE CAREFUL ABOUT YOUR MIND.
YOU CAN CAST DOWN WRONG THOUGHTS AND YOU CAN CHOOSE RIGHT ONES.
AND YOU MAY FEEL LIKE YOU'LL NEVER GET A VICTORY, BUT I CAN
TELL YOU, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE DEVIL WANTS YOU TO THINK.
AND ANYTHING THAT YOU WON'T GIVE UP ON, EVENTUALLY,
YOU WILL GET THE VICTORY.
NOW, TODAY, WE'RE OFFERING YOU "THE MIND CONNECTION" BOOK.
AND IN THIS BOOK, WE TALK ABOUT HOW OUR THOUGHTS ARE CONNECTED
TO OUR BEHAVIOR.
OUR WORDS, YOU KNOW, "OUT OF THE HEART
THE MOUTH SPEAKS."
YOU THINK ABOUT SOMETHIN' LONG ENOUGH, YOU GONNA SAY SOMETHIN'.
YOU JUST TRY THINKIN' ABOUT SOMEBODY'S FAULTS ALL DAY,
AND THEN GET AROUND THEM AND TREAT THEM GOOD.
IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
BUT IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S A LITTLE HARD TO GET ALONG WITH,
AND YOU JUST FIND TWO THINGS THAT'S A PLUS ABOUT THEM,
AND YOU MEDITATE ON THOSE THINGS AND THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS,
YOU GET AROUND THEM AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A MUCH EASIER TIME
GETTIN' ALONG WITH 'EM.
SO, TODAY WE'RE OFFERING THIS BOOK TO YOU FOR YOUR GIFT
TO THE MINISTRY OF ANY AMOUNT.
WE TRUST YOU THAT YOU'RE GONNA DO YOUR BEST.
YOU KNOW, I'VE STOOD HERE TODAY AND I'VE TRIED TO DO MY BEST
TO HELP YOU THINK RIGHT SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE
THE PLAN THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU.
AND NOW, I TRUST YOU TO DO YOUR BEST AND JUST SEND IN
THE BEST OFFERING YOU CAN, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO SEND YOU
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NOW, ALSO, WE HAVE "THE MIND CONNECTION"
ACTION PLAN AVAILABLE ONLINE.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION.
LET THE FAVOR OF GOD GIVE YOU PEACE TODAY.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
FEMALE: MY THOUGHTS USED TO RUIN MY DAY BEFORE IT
EVEN STARTED.
MALE: A CONSTANT BATTLE.
MALE: THEN I LEARNED ABOUT "THE MIND CONNECTION."
FEMALE: MY MIND, MOUTH, MOODS, ATTITUDES,
IT'S ALL CONNECTED.
MALE: NOW I HAVE THE TOOLS TO THINK DIFFERENTLY.
MALE: HOW TO THINK WHEN SOMETHING THROWS ME.
FEMALE: AND IT'S STARTING TO CHANGE EVERYTHING.
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[MUSIC]
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